Spencer stood in his apartment near the elevator waiting for his sister to arrive. He was bouncing up and down on the soles of his feet like a child because he couldn't hold in his excitement. Carly was finally coming home after two years away in Italy and would arrive any minute.

He looked around the room to check how everything was going. Sam and Freddie were still hanging up the welcome home banner and balloons near the entrance to his bedroom and Gibby… He didn't know what Gibby was doing but it looked like he was doing something with the drinks, he hoped it wasn't alcohol. He shuddered remembering the last time Gibby had alcohol, he also sighed remembering having to explain to the firemen and police why there was a naked teenager up on the top of the apartments roof; he still had no clue as to how the boy had gotten up there, being the naturally born blabbermouth that he was, he was lucky that he didn't tell them that he knew him and that he gave him said alcohol.
And never again will he do so, "Gibby that better not be alcohol in that punch!" he shouted to the boy, who almost dropped what he was pouring into the bowl when he jumped.

"No! It's ermmm coke…" Gibby quickly said his eyes shifting left to right as he did so. He rushed to put away the bottle; which Spencer now realised was in fact vodka, running to the fridge and putting said bottle back in the fridge.

"What's wrong with putting alcohol in it anyway it's a party after all isn't it" Sam inquired from the ladder, which she was leaning against with one arm instead of two which she should have because she was meant to be supporting it for Freddie.

Spencer sighed before replying back, "Let's just say that after seeing Gibby drunk I never want to see it again" both him and Freddie physically shivered at the memory which made Sam raise an eyebrow at.

"Now I really want to see Gibby drunk" she said to herself then laughed at the boys faces of pure horror.

"No!" They both shouted in unison.

"Aw come on I wasn't that bad" Gibby protested coming around the kitchen counter towards Spencer and the others.

Freddie scoffed finally finishing putting up the banner, "You were on the roof naked dancing! I don't even get how you got up there in the first place"

"That never happened!" Gibby protested even more folding his arms over his chest.

"You shouldn't have been having alcohol anyway" Mrs Benson said from the stairs giving Spencer one of her menacing glares he was sure she saved for him.

Spencer rolled his eyes and was about to reply when the elevator doors opened.
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Carly had gotten out of the Taxi with her dad and sighed. She couldn't believe she was finally back in Seattle. Sure Italy was fun what with the extravagant food and cute boys, but nothing really compared to the hustle and bustle of the Seattle in the morning or her brother consistent nagging at her.

After she had found out that she was going back home she threw up from excitement and bought the tickets then and there. Of course her father laughed at her and hugged her saying he knew how much she had missed home and 'don't worry baby you'll be home soon enough'.

She looked up at the Bushwell apartments and swallowed, she then quickly turned around and looked at her dad who was getting her things out of the trunk, "You ready?" her father asked her as he placed her suitcase on the ground in front of her.

She nodded not being able to speak because of her excitement. She was finally going to be home with her brother and best friends.

Her father hugged her and kissed the top of her head, "I'll be up in a few minutes. OK?"

Carly nodded her head and grinned at her father, "Ok"

Steven smiled and waved to her as she started heading towards the lobby doors. She entered and as soon as she got inside her suitcase trailing along with her she couldn't help but grin as she saw the familiar sight of Lewbert picking with his wart, "What! Who goes there! Ohhhh it's just you" he said when he finally noticed she was there.

"It's good to see you to Lewbert" she replied still grinning as she headed on towards the elevator which would lead her straight into her apartment… Her apartment, she laughed as she pressed the button to open the elevator. Yes it will be her apartment again.

She got inside the elevator after some trouble with her suitcase and pressed her apartment number, "Finally going to be home" she whispered to herself.

The doors to the elevator opened and she stepped out only to be sprayed by confetti, "Surprise!" she heard several voices say in unison.

She looked up to see everyone there. Mrs Benson, T-Bo, Griffin, Spencer, Gibby, Sam and Freddie and a few of her old friends from school.

She started to cry not being able to hold in her emotions anymore and would have fallen to the ground to but Spencer picked her up and spun her around giving her one of his special bear hugs.

"It's so good to see you again Carly" Spencer said as he loosened his grip on her slightly.

Carly laughed and leaned her head against her brothers chest, "You too Spencer! You too"

She then started to cough, "Spencer let go you're hurting me".

"No! I'm never letting you go" he grinned as he squished his sister even more moving her from side to side in large movements.

After she hit him a few times in the back laughing, he finally let her go.

"Sam!" Carly said when she turned and saw her best friend standing at the other side of the couch.

"Hey Carls! Mamas missed ya" she said; in a tone you would use to a baby which you found cute, and started walking towards her, her arms spread wide and her hands beckoning her towards her.

Carly couldn't help but laugh swaying from left to right as she moved towards Sam, her own arms spreading out wide as she did so. The girls hugged and swayed from left to right.

She finally let go of her grinning and moved towards Freddie who was standing near Sam and spread her arms out in invitation to him, but was taking a back when she saw his face scrunch up and start to cry. He lunched forwards wrapping his arms around her, "I've missed you so much Carly!" he wailed into her denim jacket.

She wrapped her arms around him hugging and awed him rubbing his back. She looked up to see the others crowding around them.

"Welcome back Carly!" T-Bo shouted as he patted her back then moving past her and towards the punch.

"It's good to see you again" Griffin said from the near the stairs waving almost nervously at her bending over himself slightly as he did so. He was wearing his iconic black jacket, black and white strippy top and denim jeans and what looked like a pee wee baby key ring dangling from his belt loop.

"Gibby!" Gibby exclaimed from behind her thrusting his arms out as he did so.

Freddie finally let go of her and wiped his face and turned his head away huffing obviously embarrassed of crying like that in front of everybody. Carly laughed, patting him on the shoulder and walked back towards her brother hugging him again from the side.

"Hey does this punch have alcohol in it?" T-Bo asked from where he sat near the kitchen counter and paper party cup in his hand.

"No…" Gibby said; his eyes shifting from left to right once again, and quickly moved towards the stairs trying to hide from Spencer.
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Spencer laughed at Gibby and wrapped his arm around Carly pulling her in closer.

"Alright people let's get this party started!" Sam shouted in her usual way and pressed the button on the stereo to start the music.

Half an hour passed and the party was going fine, everyone was dancing and Gibby had snuck off to only god knows where, he really hoped it wasn't the roof again.

Spencer watched as Carly, Sam and Freddie danced together behind the couch, twirling and swaying in time to the music he went to pick up his drink to find it wasn't there. He frowned and looked down at the counter to see that there was a burnt mark where the cup should have been. He groaned and knocked his head back.

He was about to pour himself another drink when he saw something from the corner of his eye dart across the room, he ignored it thinking it was only Gibby or one of the other party goers.

He went back to watching the party well mostly Carly and saw that more of her old high school friends were coming up to her welcoming her back.

He went over to her and started dancing when one of the party goers knocked him other the couch and he fell onto the floor along with half the cushions on the couch. He shook his head in shock after tumbling over his heart doing the loopty loop in his chest as he slowly got back up holding one of the pillows as he did so.

"Are you alright Spencer?!" Carly asked as he was getting up, leaning over the couch.

"Yeah. I'm fine" he smiled back at her waving his hand he had the pillow in.

He was about to through the pillow down when the top of it suddenly set on fire. Both Carly, Freddie and Spencer gasped in fear as it did so.

He started wafting the pillow about trying to put it out screaming as he did so. Just then the front door opened and his dad walked in and froze his eyes widening in fear at what he was seeing, "What's going on in here".

"He set the pillow on fire!" Sam exclaimed pointing to Spencer who was still trying to put out the fire.

"I didn't mean to it just happened" he shouted back to her frowning slightly as he finally put out the fire.

"It just happened?" his dad asked suspiciously, slowly moving towards him.

"Yeah things always seem to set on fire around him" Freddie answered for him.

Spencer looked up to glare at Freddie and was about to say he could answer his own questions when his dad interrupted him, "How long has this been happening?"

Spencer looked to his dad, "I don't know since I was 11… 12. I think…" he replied scrunching up his face towards the end trying to remember when things first started to spontaneously set on fire around him.

His dads eyes widened in horror, "I see" he simply said putting his bag he was carrying on the couch.

Spencer frowned at him, he didn't get why his father was so scared. He then shook his head and asked his dad why he had a bag with him.

"I'm not moving into the marine base until tomorrow so I thought I'd stay the night here" he said whilst patting his bag.

"Really?!" Spencer asked his mood changing instantly.

"Yes Spencer…" his father sighed.

"Yeah!" He exclaimed in his baby Spencer voice and hugged his father.
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It was way past midnight and everyone slowly started heading home one by one. Freddie, Mrs Benson and T-Bo; who still lived with the Bensons, were the last to go.

"See ya Later Carly" T-Bo said whilst waving and heading out of the door.

"See ya T-Bo!" Carly shouted back putting her hands cupped around her face.

"Bye Spencer… And C-Carly" Freddie said as he walked through the front door.

"B-bye Freddie" Spencer replied in his baby Spencer voice doing little waving gestures at him.

"Piss off Spencer!" He frowned at him about to say more to him when he jumped at his mother's voice "Fredward!"

Freddie bowed his head and turned around, walking the few steps to his apartment's open door all the while frowning over his shoulder at Spencer.

Spencer laughed closing his own door.

"Soooo we going to head to bed Carls cause mama needs her beauty sleep" Sam asked as soon as the door was closed.

Carly laughed at her friend, "Yes come one" she waved for her to follow her as she started heading up stairs with her suitcase which she still hadn't taken up stairs.

"So dad you want to sleep on the couch or in my room? If you choose my room I warn you now Marvin will more than likely attack you his not too fond of strangers" Spencer asked as the girls rounded the top of the stairs.

"Marvin?" his dad asked raising one of his eyebrows at his son.

"Oh yeah! He's my pet Ostrich" he grinned as he ushered his dad to follow him towards his bedroom.

His father eyebrows rose almost to his hair line in disbelief, "I'm sorry pet Ostrich?"

"Yeah" Spencer nodded back not seeing anything wrong with it.

His father sighed shaking his head, "I think I'll take the couch".

Spencer shrugged his shoulder, "Alright. Night!"

"Night Spence" his father smiled as he watched him walked down the small corridor that led to his bedroom.

He then sighed and plopped onto the couch. "Oh Cheryl how I wished you were still here" he said as he stared up to the ceiling.

"Who's Cheryl?" Steven jumped out of his skin as he turned to the source of the voice seeing it was Gibby who was eating a turkey leg.

"My wife…" He replied to the boy.

"Oh cool" Gibby simply replied taking a bite out of his turkey leg.

Steve frowned a little as he watched the boy leave, 'What a strange boy…'
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